Best Universities for Psychology 2021

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Satchit Ghimire- Times Higher Education has published the World University Rankings 2021 for various disciplines including psychology. Based in London, the Times Higher Education is a popular weekly education magazine reporting on higher education. This comprehensive ranking includes more than 1,500 universities from 93 countries regions. The ranking aims to…

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The Psychology of Motivation: Theories of Motivation

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Satchit Ghimire- Why are some people strive for success while others are satisfied with whatever life offers them? Why are some people highly ambitious while others are not? One answer to these questions is: the people involved are motivated to perform them. The term motivation refers to the internal processes…

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Psychophysics

Satchit Ghimire- The word psychophysics is derived from two words (psycho, which means mind or experience and physics that means physical events). Psychophysics studies the relationships between physical activities, physical aspects of the stimuli, and our psychological experience to them. Psychophysics played an important role in the development of the field of…

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Neurotransmitters and behavior

Satchit Ghimire- Scientists have identified several chemical substances at synapses in the nervous system and the junction between nerves and the muscles. These chemicals are called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are essential for maintaining vital brain and bodily functions, and their excess or deficiency can produce several behavioral disorders. Picture Courtesy: Shutter2u,…

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Neurons and nerve impulses

Satchit Ghimire- The human brain consists of about 150 billion nerve cells (also called neurons), which are connected.  Neurons: Neurons or nerve cells are the information carrier of the nervous system. The neurons consist of a cell body and two types of fiber: dendrites and axons. The dendrites have many branches that receive stimulation…

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What Happens to the Brain When We are Sleeping?

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Satchit Ghimire- An average human being spends one-third of their life sleeping. Sleeping is one of the most important things for our survival, such as eating and breathing. We feel energized and fresh after we woke up from sleep, but what happens to our brain and the body while we…

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Where Do Psychologists Work? Sub-fields of Psychology

Satchit Ghimire- Psychology is a highly interdisciplinary field and the people who pursue this discipline work in various areas. You can find a psychologist working in a clinical health setting diagnosing and treating mental health disorders, another working on legal contexts, and so on. We can study the work of…

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